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@@ -3,24 +3,22 @@ Features
 
 configurable audio streaming software:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-	para_server streams binary audio data (mp3/ogg files) over
-	local and/or remote networks. It supports three builtin
+	para_server streams binary audio data (mp3/ogg/m4a files)
+	over local and/or remote networks. It supports three builtin
 	streaming methods (senders): http, dccp, or rtp.
 
 	para_audiod runs on the client side and connects to
 	para_server. The audio stream is read from the network and
-	sent through any of paraslash's filters (mp3 decoder, ogg
-	vorbis decoder, volume normalizer,...). The resulting stream
-	is written to an external program's standard in, usually an
-	audio player like para_play, the alsa player of the paraslash
-	package. It is possible to capture the stream at any position
-	in the filter chain.
-
-	The receiving/filtering software is also available as
-	standalone command line tool: para_recv reads the stream and
-	writes to stdout; para_filter reads from stdin, converts the
-	stream according to the given --filter command line options
-	and writes the transformed stream to stdout.
+	sent through any of paraslash's filters (decoder, volume
+	normalizer,...). The resulting stream is written to an external
+	program's standard in, usually an audio player like para_write,
+	which comes with paraslash and contains an alsa player. It
+	is possible to capture the stream at any position in the
+	filter chain.
+
+	The receiving/filtering/playing software is also available
+	as standalone command line tool: para_recv, para_filter,
+	and para_write.
 
 configurable audio file selectors:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -32,8 +30,8 @@ configurable audio file selectors:
 	or files given by a playlist respectively.
 
 	The (optional) mysql selector is more involved. It manages
-	statistics on your audio files, and audio file selection is
-	done by sending a user-defined sql-query to the mysql server.
+	statistics on your audio files, and audio file selection works
+	by sending a user-defined sql-query to the mysql server.
 	This allows rather sophisticated configurations and is
 	explained in detail in README.mysql.
 
@@ -44,22 +42,22 @@ small memory footprint:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 	paraslash is lightweight. The stripped binary of para_server
 	with all its features compiled in (mysql/random/playlist
-	selector, mp3/ogg support, http/dccp/ortp support) is about 110K
-	on i386 under Linux. para_audiod is even smaller.
+	selector, mp3/ogg/aac support, http/dccp/ortp support) is
+	about 120K on i386 under Linux. para_audiod is even smaller.
 
-command line interface, including shell:
-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
-	para_client without arguments starts interactive (shell)
-	mode. Otherwise, command is sent to para_server directly
-	and output is dumped to stdout. This can be used by any
-	scripting language to produce user interfaces with little
-	programming effort.
+command line interface:
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+	paraslash commands are sent to para_server and the response is
+	dumped to stdout. This can be used by any scripting language
+	to produce user interfaces with little programming effort.
 
 authentication/encryption via openssl:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 	All connections between para_server and para_client are
 	encrypted by default.  For each user of paraslash you must
-	create a public/secret key pair for authentication/encryption.
+	create a public/secret key pair for authentication. The
+	(authenticated) connection is crypted with a symmetric rc4
+	session key.
 
 various user interfaces and utilities:
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~